Li Kunwu

Born in Kunming, Li Kunwu was the fine art photography director of “Chuncheng Wanbao” in Yunnan, the director of China Newscartoon Association and Yunnan Artists Association. He is one of the few Chinese artists of his generation to have exclusively dedicated himself to drawing comic books.

In 35 years of activity, his works have been published in the most emblematic Chinese comic magazines such as Lianhuan Huabao, Youmo Dashi, etc. More than thirty of Li Kunwu’s books have been published in China. These books have also been translated into different languages and published all over the world. In 2015, Li Kunwu was awarded “Honorary Citizen” by the French city Angoulême, famous for its International Comics Festival.

In 2015 Li Kunwu was invited to show 14 ink works at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris. The Michelin group welcomed his solo exhibition in their headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand (France) and in Shanghai (2016). Last but not least, the prestigious Louis Vuitton Travel Book invited him to illustrate their edition on Cuba (120 drawings) to be published next Spring.